“…This study has revealed that the factors that make the girl child to be sexually abused are men not being able to control their sexual desires at that particular time, being given bad advice by the traditional doctors and adults wanting to infect young children with HIV in the hope of cleaning themselves.…”
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“…The policy covers the main areas of malaria control and prevention, namely effective case management, especially in children under five years of age, use of insecticide-treated nets and other vector control measures as well as operational research and information, educa tion and communication. …”
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“…Based on the findings, relevant recommendations were made to all stake holders like the community, health workers, spouses and family members, government, MOHP, donors, non-governmental organizations, research organizations and many more, with the aim of improving PMTCT strategies like early cessation.…”
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“…The setting was Nkhotakota District Hospital and TBAs clinics. The sites were chosen to represent other T BAs clinics and the hospital as a referral site for complicated maternal cases. …”
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“…They also need to facilitate parents’ access to information and should be able to give timely, appropriate information.…”
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“…At the same time, building a professionally competent workforce in the public health sector in Malawi. …”
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“…Majority if' not all, Kamuzu College of Nursing female students fall within the at risk age of 15 years and above but statistics of cervical cancer screening at both Kamuzu and Queen Elizabeth Central hospital indicate that in 2008, of the 1779 women who had cervical cancer screening at Queen Elizabeth Central hospital, only I of them was a Kamuzu College of Nursing student while at Kamuzu Central hospital, out of 876 women who accessed the services, none were Kamuzu College of Nursing students. …”
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“…Key findings of the study are lack of male involvement in the services, low educational level of the people leading to inadequate knowledge on immunization issues and seeking of permission by women from their husbands or relatives before taking their children for immunization. …”
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“…The Malawi Government is committed to providing comprehensive and integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRHR) services in line with the recommendations of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo, Egypt, 1994. …”
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“…The target population consisted of women attending under-five, postnatal, and family planning clinics at Thekerani Health Centre in Thyolo district, located in the southern region of Malawi. …”
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“…The sample comprised of 27 female and 3 males. Pilot study was conducted at Chisenjere AIDS support group in the same location. …”
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“…According to latest figures for Maula Prison, the authorities reported that 40% of its population is reactive unlike the average prevalence rate of 12% nationwide. This study would like to explore the challenges these inmates face in accessing HCT services and ARVs. …”
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“…The study will involve 10 women and 10 men who are HIV infected from male and female medical ward at Kamuzu Central Hospital. …”
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“…The strategy also targets policy makers that play a critical and strategic role in policy development and implementation of disaster risk management programmes. …”
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“…The point prevalence of HAI was 11.4% (n=12/105) (95% CI: 6.0%-19.1%), including 4 surgical site infections, 4 urinary tract infections, 3 bloodstream infections and 1 bone/joint infection. …”
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“…However, our existing Health Information Systems are unnecessarily fragmented and are not capable of generating quality information at the time they are needed. Efforts have been underway, in collaboration with our partners, for harmonizing and synthesizing various data-management systems in the entire health sector. …”
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“…Tuberculosis continues to ravage our country health-wise and socio-economically. The highly productive age group is highly affected resulting to a reduction in their contribution to socio economic development of the country. …”
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“…The study findings showed that principals in the study try to implement some instructional leadership practices in line with the model developed by Hallinger and Wang. …”
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“…On the other hand the study noted that serodiscordant couples meet challenges like fear of HIV transmission, the need for child bearing and anxiety. …”
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“…The findings of the study will assist the health care workers to give infertile couples information on non-medical methods like child adoption as a way of managing their infertility. …”
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